Bob Geldof

backspin. · 31-01-2019 09:31PM

He is a steaming turd.

Timberrrrrrrr · 31-01-2019 09:31PM

FrancieBrady wrote: »

I'll wear your 'pity' as a badge of honour.

Psst...somebody said something nasty about the English rugby team over on the rugby forum...you better get over there!

Yeah? ill be sitting in my local here in Cheshire on saturday wearing my Ireland jersey and cheering on the boys in green. Confused yet?

FrancieBrady · 31-01-2019 09:34PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Yeah? ill be sitting in my local here in Cheshire on saturday wearing my Ireland jersey and cheering on the boys in green. Confused yet?

About what? That you are backing a better team? Not a bit.

31-01-2019 09:39PM

Deleted User wrote:

Ah..Woodstock?..

Nothing compared to liveaid. Biggest live audience ever ever.

RobMc59 · 31-01-2019 09:40PM

backspin. wrote: »

He is a steaming turd.

Not as bad as Bono :cool:

An Claidheamh · 31-01-2019 09:41PM

DublinWriter wrote: »

I think partly the reason he relocated to London is that he recognised early what a bunch of hypocritical and hateful twats we Irish are. That was what the 'Rats were about at the start.

Or he was a toffee nosed spoilt untalented Gob who had to pretend he was a victim.

He surfed on a wave of anti-Irish sentiment to gain attention.

The man is a fraud, his whole life was a fraud, from lieing about his rich posh boy roots, to trying to be more British than the British themselves. He doesn't criticise the British establishment as he thinks he's part of it.

In Britain, he'd blame the Irish govt for the troubles the Brits caused,
he refused to condemn atrocities against Irish people,
he told working people to give their money yet he dodged paying tax himself,
he lives in the lap of luxury and recently called Irish people greedy,
he was friends with Thatcher who supported, sectarianism, imperialism and apartheid.
He even took a British knighthood
I recall a few years ago when he was promoting himself in the North he actually blamed nationalists for being burnt out by Loyalists during a march or something
He gave back his Freedom of Dublin, but kept his knighthood and Freedom of London despite sharing them all with Aung San Kyi
Also, he is being sued by a member of the Boomtown Rats for royalties who he screwed over - despite being a multi-millionaire -

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/boomtown-rats-pianist-suing-bob-geldof-for-royalties-says-hes-forced-to-put-his-house-on-the-line-35686395.html

He is now ridiculed by the same British media that did the same to the Irish and he deserves it.

He is an obnoxious greedy jingoistic right wing establishment Tory, and only Sindo reading middle Ireland types could possibly be so dim to view him as a "renegade".
Him and Eoghan Harris perhaps.

Thin Lizzy, The Dubliners, U2 and The Pogues did not have to follow the path as they were actually talented.

'The Rats' were nobodies, except in the head of Geldof and his media machine.

Beechwoodspark · 31-01-2019 09:47PM

The boomtown rats were a nothing band maybe 3 good songs if I am generous.

Geldof is a fraud and always was.

I think members of his family realised that also.

donkeykong5 · 31-01-2019 09:48PM

Dakota Dan wrote: »

He needs to sack his barber.

He needs to get one !

Dyr · 31-01-2019 09:48PM

He's a specialized kind of upper-class mouthpiece ballbag that we had a knack for producing back in the day, It seems we discontinued their manufacture a decade or two ago. Your man from the web summit was probably one of the last to roll off the production line

JohnTravers · 31-01-2019 09:49PM

you have to give him credit for making it on TOTP back before U2 - no mean feat

how do you square the circle of handing back the freedom of dublin and accepting an award from the queen though

Sam Quentin · 31-01-2019 09:50PM

An Claidheamh wrote: »

Or he was a toffee nosed spoilt untalented Gob who had to pretend he was a victim.

He surfed on a wave of anti-Irish sentiment to gain attention.

The man is a fraud, his whole life was a fraud, from lieing about his rich posh boy roots, to trying to be more British than the British themselves. He doesn't criticise the British establishment as he thinks he's part of it.

In Britain, he'd blame the Irish govt for the troubles the Brits caused,
he refused to condemn atrocities against Irish people,
he told working people to give their money yet he dodged paying tax himself,
he lives in the lap of luxury and recently called Irish people greedy,
he was friends with Thatcher who supported, sectarianism, imperialism and apartheid.
He even took a British knighthood
I recall a few years ago when he was promoting himself in the North he actually blamed nationalists for being burnt out by Loyalists during a march or something
He gave back his Freedom of Dublin, but kept his knighthood and Freedom of London despite sharing them all with Aung San Kyi
Also, he is being sued by a member of the Boomtown Rats for royalties who he screwed over - despite being a multi-millionaire -

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/boomtown-rats-pianist-suing-bob-geldof-for-royalties-says-hes-forced-to-put-his-house-on-the-line-35686395.html

He is now ridiculed by the same British media that did the same to the Irish and he deserves it.

He is an obnoxious greedy jingoistic right wing establishment Tory, and only Sindo reading middle Ireland types could possibly be so dim to view him as a "renegade".
Him and Eoghan Harris perhaps.

Thin Lizzy, The Dubliners, U2 and The Pogues did not have to follow the path as they were actually talented.

'The Rats' were nobodies, except in the head of Geldof and his media machine.

Jaysizzzzzz creeeeest,.
So emmmm you 'kinda' dont like him!?

FrancieBrady · 31-01-2019 09:51PM

Bambi wrote: »

He's a specialized kind of upper-class mouthpiece ballbag that we had a knack for producing back in the day, It seems we discontinued their manufacture a decade or two ago. Your man from the web summit was probably one of the last to roll off the production line

He should have asked John Bruton to be in the Rats.

Johnny Red Cab · 31-01-2019 09:54PM

Put him and Bono on a raft and set it adrift. Happy days!

Perifect · 31-01-2019 10:20PM

Ok, the evidence has been heard. The jury is in. Beyond a reasonable doubt, Bob Geldof has been found guilty on charges of being a west Brit bollox!

31-01-2019 10:24PM

Perifect wrote: »

Ok, the evidence has been heard. The jury is in. Beyond a reasonable doubt, Bob Geldof has been found guilty on charges of being a west Brit bollox!

Hear, hear..

SoundsRight · 31-01-2019 10:26PM

If I saw him drowning I'd throw him a brick

Johnny Jukebox · 31-01-2019 10:38PM

Looking after number one is a great tune and I've had a lot more fun at the Rats then I ever did at U2...

Plus, its takes a certain type of creative genius to get to #1 (when it meant something) on both sides of the Atlantic with a song about a mass killing.

chicorytip · 31-01-2019 10:43PM

His childhood was neither priveliged nor easy. Yes, he did attend boarding school but his father was a travelling salesman and his mother died young. Live Aid was one enormous ego trip for him, no doubt. In an Irish context, John O' Shea of Goal did far more valueable work over a far longer period in the areas of famine relief and highlighting of human rights abuses in Ethioipia and, in particular, Somalia.
I liked the Boomtown Rats! ðŸ˜Š

Pythagorean · 31-01-2019 11:16PM

Bigbagofcans wrote: »

He doesn't like Monday's what?

It's Mondays not Monday's!

My eyes are hurting from all the bad grammar on Boards.

Quite right, it's Mondays, because that is the plural of Monday, in the same way that dogs is the plural of dog, ie. you should not write dog's, unless you are using a phrase such as " the dog's gone out for a walk", which is an abbreviated version of " the dog is gone out for a walk" in short "dog is" is shortened to dog's where the apostrophe indicates the missing i.

cameramonkey · 31-01-2019 11:27PM

Johnny Jukebox wrote: »

Looking after number one is a great tune and I've had a lot more fun at the Rats then I ever did at U2...

Plus, its takes a certain type of creative genius to get to #1 (when it meant something) on both sides of the Atlantic with a song about a mass killing.

"Looking after number one "is an apt song for Bob.

Gwynplaine · 01-02-2019 12:20AM

He looks permanently hungover

PingTing comes for Fire · 01-02-2019 12:54AM

The dog has gone out for a walk.

skooterblue2 · 01-02-2019 12:56AM

SoundsRight wrote: »

If I saw him drowning I'd throw him a brick

If I saw him drowning I would drop a container of depleted Uranium on him.

Gimme A Pound · 01-02-2019 01:05AM

DublinWriter wrote: »

I think partly the reason he relocated to London is that he recognised early what a bunch of hypocritical and hateful twats we Irish are. That was what the 'Rats were about at the start.

Most of us are content to preach from barstools and make f*ck all difference, but he actually got Live Aid together, one of the biggest global events of the 20th Century. Reforming The Who and Led Zeppelin? Holy sh*t.

Yet here we are on an Internet forum, ripping shreds out of someone who tried to make things better. History won't be kind to you.

Ah here, what's this "we" about? Speak for yourself. How come he just happened to be so different to all the other terrible Irish people? It's so arrogant. And he was disgusted at people not doing anything about things in Ireland, yet he didn't do anything either - in fact he left!

"hypocritical and hateful twats we Irish are" - you forgot to include "incredibly self loathing".

Not that it has to be a case of just one or the other view on Bob Geldof - I do think he achieved a lot, and I don't get why people pretend not to see it. I think fair play to him also for adopting Michael Hutchence's and Paula Yates' daughter. Dislike things about him too though, especially things which An Claidheamh listed (although I would need more evidence of some; not sure he was pals with Thatcher - he appealed to her and her government for the starving in Ethiopia all right but that's not the same thing).

ligerdub · 01-02-2019 01:08AM

Bob Geldof? Ireland's biggest dickhead. At least he would be if he was Irish, but he's really more of a Londoner.

John_Rambo · 01-02-2019 01:56AM

A worldwide celebrated creative artist that had a tough start in life which included the early loss of his mother. His altruistic values and supreme efforts raised awareness & saved an unaccountable amount of lives & positively shifted worldwide attitudes to political & war enforced African famines. He went on to become a canny, self made successful business man. Unfortunately in recent years he bore the horrible brunt of tragic losses in personal life, but, regardless, he's still an excellent & articulate orator with a true understanding of what is wrong and what is right. A man Irish people can be proud of.

It's not surprising that there's a few bangers that regarded him as a West Brit and "twat" (that very British slang word adopted by young Irish keyboard warriors influenced by UK youtube personalities and British websites)

But hey... for every good man, there's a hundred anonymous craven snipers afraid to raise they're heads above the keyboard parapet.

Ipso · 01-02-2019 04:45AM

The silicon chip inside his head went into overload.

worded · 01-02-2019 06:16AM

DublinWriter wrote: »

I think partly the reason he relocated to London is that he recognised early what a bunch of hypocritical and hateful twats we Irish are. That was what the 'Rats were about at the start.

Most of us are content to preach from barstools and make f*ck all difference, but he actually got Live Aid together, one of the biggest global events of the 20th Century. Reforming The Who and Led Zeppelin? Holy sh*t.

Yet here we are on an Internet forum, ripping shreds out of someone who tried to make things better. History won't be kind to you.

My dad recently found a box of vinyl belonging to me and amongst it was Banana Republic by the rats

Ireland in the Haughey years = Banana Republic

Septic Isle
The Black and blue uniforms - police and priests

https://youtu.be/JvllyIlIW_0

Dakota Dan · 01-02-2019 09:37AM

AllForIt wrote: »

He's the only guy I know that looks good with long hair. Or suits him should I say.

You need to go to spec savers. Long scraggy greasy grey hair does t look good on anyone.

Dakota Dan · 01-02-2019 09:41AM

Johnny Red Cab wrote: »

Put him and Bono on a raft and set it adrift. Happy days!

A one way ticket to mars would be better.

Bob Geldof

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